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#BFABBA — Light Dusty Pink

#BFABBA is a pink color we call Light Dusty Pink, closest to the named color Silver (#C0C0C0). It belongs to the pink family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: silver (#C0C0C0) — not an exact match. CSS silver gives you #C0C0C0, a different color; use #BFABBA when you need this exact shade.

Sources: common names follow widely used color-name references; CSS keywords and their hex values follow the CSS Color specification.

#BFABBA is a warm-leaning pink color associated with playfulness, romance and softness. It sits comfortably in the middle: usable for large areas in soft schemes, or as a supporting color beside something stronger.

Its strongest partner is its complement #ABBFB0; it also sits naturally between #BAABBF and #BFABB0. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#BFABBA · RGB 191, 171, 186

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Color values

HEX#BFABBA
RGB191, 171, 186
HSL315°, 14%, 71%
HSV315°, 10%, 75%
CMYK0%, 10%, 3%, 25%
XYZ44.91, 43.75, 52.53
Yxy43.75, 0.3181, 0.3098
CIE-Lab72.06, 9.88, -5.04
Hunter Lab66.14, 9.13, -4.56

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 75% · Green 67% · Blue 73%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 10% · Yellow 3% · Key 25%

CMYK values are unprofiled approximations for screen reference — not a print-proofing guarantee.

Previews

Sample text in #BFABBA on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #BFABBA on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #BFABBA

.text { color: #BFABBA; }
.background { background-color: #BFABBA; }
.border { border: 3px solid #BFABBA; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(191, 171, 186); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(315, 14%, 71%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #BFABBA; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(191, 171, 186, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #BFABBA; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(191, 171, 186, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#BFABBA">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#BFABBA">Div content here</div>

Shades of #BFABBA

#B096AA#A3859B#94718B#806078#6E5368#5A4455#463541#31252E#20181E#0C090B

Tints of #BFABBA

#C6B3C1#CAB9C6#D1C2CD#D5C8D2#DCD0D9#E0D6DE#E7DFE5#EBE5EA#F2EEF1#F6F3F6

Tones of #BFABBA

#BEACB9#BCAEB9#BBAFB8#B9B1B7#B8B2B7#B7B4B6

Color harmonies

Complementary — #ABBFB0:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text2.15:1 Fails
Against black text9.75:1 AAA

Best text color on #BFABBA: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #BFABBA

Text set with opacity blends into the background, so its real contrast is lower than the solid ratios above. Choose a text color and an opacity to see the blended color and its true ratio:

100%
Sample heading text
Smaller body text shows the effect best.

Blended color: · Contrast against #BFABBA: ·

How #BFABBA looks with color blindness

Simulated with standard Machado color-vision-deficiency matrices — useful when this color carries meaning in charts, maps or interfaces:

Protanopia · #B6B6B6Deuteranopia · #B8B9B6Tritanopia · #BEB4B3

Closest design-system colors

The nearest matches in the Tailwind CSS, Material Design and Bootstrap palettes — handy when you need a framework class instead of a raw hex:

Material Grey 500 · #9E9E9ETailwind purple 500 · #A855F7Tailwind violet 500 · #8B5CF6

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #BFABBA rather than the exact color:

Royal Cinder
#7280BB · #624A71 · #C5AAB9 · #876358
Cosmic Ruby Mirage
#C6A6BA · #A87B50 · #94AB85 · #7BB5A3
Tranquil Ruby Horizon
#6EC3AA · #456C94 · #746498 · #C1A1BE
Palette Fbf0f0
#FBF0F0 · #DFD3D3 · #B8B0B0 · #7C7575
Golden Ruby Bloom
#755A9D · #C09FB3 · #C8A087 · #ABBC91
Burning Ruby Zephyr
#9ACAAD · #A5B3C4 · #BBA3C5 · #7C4B52

Similar colors

The closest colors that actually appear in our palette collection — click any to open its page:

#C5AAB9#C6A6BA#C1A1BE#B8B0B0#C09FB3#BBA3C5#B4B4B8#B7B7B7#C9A3C3#B4B4B3#BBBBBB#BB9CC0

Browse neighbouring colors

← #BFABB9  ·  #BFABBB →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #BFABBA?

#BFABBA is Light Dusty Pink, a pink color (RGB 191, 171, 186). Its closest standard named color is Silver.

What is the RGB and HSL of #BFABBA?

#BFABBA is RGB 191, 171, 186 — HSL 315°, 14%, 71% — CMYK 0%, 10%, 3%, 25%.

What colors go with #BFABBA?

Its complement is #ABBFB0; analogous partners are #BAABBF and #BFABB0. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #BFABBA for text?

Black text on #BFABBA has a contrast ratio of 9.75:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.15:1.